Notes from installation of Megan Street Series Coilovers Options

[bryanf]

I wanted to lower my car more than the Eibach Prokit springs I was already running, plus I wanted stiffer springs and shocks, but I wanted to keep camber at -1.5 or less and I didn't want to use crash bolts.

My only concern about installing these coilovers was the lack of rear camber plates. Camber plates could have been included on the back and I considered trying to adapt some but it turned out not to be necessary.





I installed these coilovers without adjusting the ride height, and the ride height was exactly what I wanted.

In the front, with the camber plates, camber adjustment was not an issue. The rear was a different story. Initial camber with the Eibach springs was -1.6 so some correction was obviously going to be needed. With the coilovers the ride height was lower and the camber was -2.7. By slotting the strut tops about half an inch as shown the camber was -2.1. I decided to slot the bottom hub bolt hole of the coilover. I used tab washers from Moog crash bolts. The tab thickness on these bolts was 1/8" thick, so I slotted the holes 1/8" and used these washers to ensure the bolts would stay at the end of the slots. Not really necessary but why not? With the bottom slot, camber came to -1.4.





Wheel arch heights with Eibach Prokit: 25.5" front 25.25" rear
Wheel arch heights with Megan coilovers: 24.25" front and rear

Weight of stock springs/struts: 19 lb
Weight of coilovers: 12 lb
Weight savings: 28 lb, most of which is unsprung

Note lowering the front produced quite a bit of toe-out which had to be adjusted.

This post has been edited by bryanf: Mar 29, 2022 - 10:53 PM

[Tigawoods]

some coilovers have that strut slot. Its pretty handy.
I question how secure that top mount slotting will be. I dont think it will be too big of an issue as it basically is doing what an adjustable camber plate is doing, and it has a higher torquing value than those 4 little allen key bolts.

good install coverage!